Almohad
a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa during the 12th and 13th centuries.
Historical Examples
And so seventeenth century Meknez has perished while the Almohad walls and towers of the tenth century still stand.
In Morocco Edith Wharton
After his death, the Almohad empire followed the downward curve to which all Oriental rule seems destined.
In Morocco Edith Wharton
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